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Bethsmum wrote:I have to do a lot of updating on the DEFRA website and it doesn't like Firefox.

What do you mean? I am browsing the DEFRA website without any problems in Firefox. The current version of firefox is 8 so it is very different from earlier versions.

I simply can not understand this. It's so sad. Why children, infants? Why!?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/world ... istan.html

Hi , Rigxxx

Welcome to Dubai Forums

I will move this topic to General Chat for now so that it gets more attention, but It will later be moved to Dubai Sports forum.

Cheers.

Can't you just spend them?

Nucleus wrote:The new greenish color is just too much for my eyes. I've HD screen.

Greenish color is supposed to show only the forums that have unread topics.
If it shows all the forums in green go to the index page and click on actions/mark all forums read.
I will change the color to something more pleasant.

doesn't think for a second spouting out idiotic responses. If you don't like something doesn't mean it is idiotic. How do you know that they don't follow the transit passangers? It's not that difficult. It could be just a software application parsing through the transit passenger lists. The only re...

The sticky topics and announcements have a distinct background color now. I am thinking about the background-color of unread topics, for a newly registered user all the topics are unread so this special background doesn't make much sense. And I thought that the topic could have a special background ...

My visa was made in 2 weeks but it was a very long time ago.

Dillon wrote:For ‘ read '
For “ read "
For ½ read 1/2

I have noticed these in your posts... I'll see what I can do.
How do you create these symbols in the editor anyway? These look like some special symbols from Microsoft Word.

I have fixed some issues with the native forum search. It is now case insensitive, so if you search for "cars" you will also get posts that have "Cars" and "CARS" in them. I have also made it possible to search for words that consist of only 3 letters. Now it is possibl...

I have the kindle 3 and it is great for reading. Much more comfortable to read while in bed than a real book.

I don't know if it is possible to open a bank account without being a resident in UAE.

What about Saudi? There should be some banks in Saudi, that will allow you to keep their account even if you leave the country. If the bank has Internet Banking - it might be very useful in your situation.

Happy Holidays to all!

Dillon wrote:For ‘ read '
For “ read "
For ½ read 1/2

Fixed.

The best way to find the answer to your question is to call the Consulate of India in Dubai.
Here is their website with contact info:
http://www.cgidubai.com/

Switched the colors for the unread and read topics. Now the unread topics' background is brighter and the read topics' background is dimmer. I think it's more intuitive this way.

Andy, is it possible to program that only members can search through other members posts It is possible. But why it's important for you? Sometimes I am browsing from other computers that I can not trust so I am browsing as a guest and I need the ability to search the users' posts to see if he is a ...

shafique , actually mentioning or implying the age of a lady is considered bad manner or even insulting in some places.

Has anyone heard of or used bitcoins? Here is a quotation on what bitcoins are: Bitcoin is a new kind of money. It's the first decentralised electronic currency not controlled by a single organisation or government. Its an open source project, and it is used by more than 100,000 people. All over the...

tony89 wrote:so sum1 created sum form of currency and is charging fer it :S

Not quite.

Here is a video explaining what is bitcoin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um63OQz3bjo

rudeboy wrote:why "bitcoin" why not "cybercoin"???

What is cybercoin?

Bora Bora wrote:Never heard of it Andy. But let's see if it works. Send me some money.

Here you can get some free bitcoins, and see how it works:
https://freebitcoins.appspot.com/

Type of property: - min. price/year - max. price/year Studio Apartments - AED 16,000 /yr - AED 65,000 /yr 1 Bedroom Apartments - AED 24,000 /yr - AED 185,000 /yr 2 Bedroom Apartments - AED 39,000 /yr - AED 350,000 /yr 2 Bedroom Apartments - AED 50,000 /yr - AED 375,000 /yr This is the result of a sm...

Does the foundation still exist?
I could not find anything about it.

No idea. I just loved the video and shared it.

I just discovered Krita and I think it's awesome. Here is a video of a timelapse drawing done in Krita: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCWY1imnCxE At this point I think Krita is the only Open Source design and drawing app that is close to PhotoShop quality wise. It works on Windows and Linux as wel...

Waka Waka by Shakira
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0

Evolution of hip hop dancing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTpn30Pms8I